Diversity Cup 2015 featured 9 teams. International, National, Regional and Local players participated from a all over the World. Farvez Maharoof, Kosala Kulasekara, Sujeeva DeSilva, Dinuk Hettiarachchi, Mohammad Ashraful, Tapash Baisya, Elias Sunny, Rizwan Cheema, Fahad Babar, Asad Ghous, Niraj Patel, Navneet Dhaliwal, Ali Pasha, Ali Waqas and Ali Khan were some of the most prominent players that were seen in action during the Diversity Cup 2015.
Bangladesh Tigers, India Blues, Pakistan Greens and World XI emerged as the semi finalists after completion of the round robin matches.
India Blues played Pakistan Greens at Bloomer park in the first semi final while Bangladesh Tigers played World XI at Mirage in the second semi final.
Pakistan Greens elected to bat after winning the toss. India Blues bowled extremely well to restrict Pakistan Greens to 102 for 7 in 17 overs, however the last 3 overs belonged to Pakistan Greens as Ali Khan and Muhammad Tayyab scored 60 runs. M. Tayyab played a sheet anchor role scoring 64 runs while Ali Khan scored a brisk 28 not out of 10 deliveries. India Blues started the chase steadily with solid knocks from Shaik Yasin and Niraj Patel however fell short by 17 runs. Yasin and Niraj scored 44 and 36 runs respectively. M. Yousaf & M. Tayyab each claimed 2 wickets for 35 & 36 runs.
In the 2nd semi final, World XI who won the toss and elected to bat first started their inning aggressively. Ali Waqas & Navneet Dhaliwal scored half centuries and both were not out at 55 & 53 runs. Ravindu Gunsekra, Rizwan Cheema and Jamie Merchant contributed 39, 37 and 35 runs for a World XI total score of 212.
Bangladesh Tigers (BT) suffered a big blow in the first over when their inform batsman, former test cricketer Mohammad Ashraful was brilliantly caught at mid off by diving Jamie Merchant off the bowling of Ali Pasha, a first class cricketer from Pakistan. BT could never recover and were all out for 116. Rizwan Cheema was brilliant with his off spin claiming 4 wickets for 17 runs while Satsimranjit Dhindsa & Ali Pasha each got two wickets.
DC 2015 final was played between defending champions Pakistan Greens (PAK) and World XI (WXI). WXI won the toss and elected to field. PAK opener, Ahmed Butt continued his good form and contributed 62 runs along with solid contributions from Fahad Babar and Ali Khan who scored 34 & 33(not out) runs respectively. PAK scored 154 for the loss of 5 wickets. World XI chase was marred by loss of 3 quick wickets however a brisk knock of 33 by Rizwan Cheema stabilized the inning for WXI. Navneeet Dhaliwal continued his solid form and scored crucial 44 not out while Ali Waqas contributed 28 runs. World XI chased the target on the second last ball of the final over and became the CHAMPIONS of 2015 Diversity Cup defeating Pakistan Greens by 3 wickets. Navneet Dhaliwal was declared the Player of the Match for his solid batting performance and excellent fielding.
Group “A” Round Robin Matches Pakistan Greens (PAK) vs USA Stars (USA)
PAK 182/7 Sohail Chaudhary 68 Ahmad Butt 66 not out Shani 4/32 Taimoor Ahmed 1/33 USA 112 all out Faisal 37 Omar Mustafa 22 M. Tayyab 3/14 Ali Khan 2/15 Player of the Match: Ahmed Butt
USA Stars (USA) vs West Indies Masters (WIM)
USA 218/5 Abdullah 44 Omar Mustafa 36 Bilal Shahid 35 not out Bryan Gayle 2/29 WIM 209/8 Ronaldo S. 46 Risbrook Quamia 36 Curtis S. 35 Faisal Razzaq 2/15 Taimoor Ahmed 2/34 Player of the Match: Abdullah
Pakistan Greens (APK) vs West Indies Masters (WIM)
PAK 138/7 Sohail Chaudhary 29 Hammad Bokhari 33 not out Tony Powell 3/35 Bryan Gayle 2/24 WIM 133/4 Jamel Morgan 51 Bryan Gayle 31 Tony Powell 29 not out M. Asad Ghous 2/39 Player of the Match: Hammad Bokhari ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Group “B” Round Robin Matches
India Blues (IND) vs World XI (WXI)
WXI 193/8 Satsimranjit Dhindsa 57 John Campbell 40 Rahul Ramanujam 4/35 Deepak Raj 2/27 IND 135/9 Shaik Yasin 33 Srinivasan 22 Imran Pasha 3/5 Jamie Merchant 3/26 Rizwan Cheema 2/21 Player of the Match: Satsimranjit Dhindsa
Asia Royal Kings (ARK) vs India Blues (IND)
IND 237/4 Shaik Yasin 72 Prajwal Shetty 59 Niraj Patel 31 Ali Lashari 2/39 ARK 78/10 Adnan Qureshi 21 Sharad Lumba 4/25 Player of the Match: Sharad Lumba
Asia Royal Kings (ARK) vs World XI (WXI)
ARK 92/9 Chilana 23 not out Imran Pasha 4/18 Saad Zafar 2/9 Shahid Malik 2/14 WXI 96/2 Ravindu Gunasekra 43 not out Player of the Match: Imran Pasha ______
Group “C” Round Robin Matches
Bangladesh Tigers (BAN) vs Sri Lanka Lions (SRI)
SLL 116 all out KosalaKulasekara 29 Afser Hussain 4/15 Shaker Ahmed 2/25 BAN 119/5 Mohammad Ashraful 69 Shaker Ahmed 15 not out Dinuk Hettiarachchi 2/17 Player of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful
Canada Maple Leafs (CML) vs Sri Lanka Lions (SLL)
CML 144/9 Inderjeet Dhaliwal 50 Abdullah 38 Roy Silva 3/29 SLL 145/3 Roy Silva 49 not out Asela Jayasinghe 42 Player of the Match: Roy Silva
Bangladesh Tigers (BAN) vs Canada Maple Leafs (CML)
BAN 178/5 Mohammad Ashraful 102 Nadif Chowdhury 21 Bahadur Mangat 3/15 CAN 118/8 Niraj Patel 47 Elias Sunny 2/10 Shaker Ahmed 2/25 Player of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful ______Semi Final # 1
Pakistan Greens (PAK) vs India Blues (IND)
PAK 162/7 Muhammad Tayyab 64 Ali Khan 28 not out Fahad Babar 23 Niraj Patel 2/31 Deepak Raj 2/32 IND 147/9 Shaik Yasin 44 Niraj Patel 36 Ali Khan 3/21 Moin Babar 2/40 Muhammad Tayyab 2/39 Talha M. 2/30 Player of the Match: Muhammad Tayyab —————————————————————————————————————————————————————-- Semi Final # 2
Bangladesh Tigers (BAN) vs World XI (WXI)
WXI 220/3 Ali Waqas 55 not out Navneet Dhaliwal 53 not out Ravindu Gunasekra 38 Rizwan Cheema 37 BAN 97/10 Nadif Chowdhury 36 Rizwan Cheema 4/17 SatSimran Dhindsa 2/23 Ali Pasha 2/26 Player of the Match: Rizwan Cheema —————————————————————————————————————————————————————-- Final
Pakistan Greens (PAK) vs World XI (WXI)
PAK 154/3 Ahmed Butt 62 not out Ali Khan 33 not out Fahad Babar 34 Rizwan Cheema 2/25 WXI 155/7 Navneet Dhaliwal 44 not out Rizwan Cheema 33 Ali Waqas 28 M. Asad Ghous 2/17 Player of the Match: Navneet Dhaliwal —————————————————————————————————————————————————————--
Best Batsman: Mohammad Ashraful (BAN) 173 runs Best Bowler: Ali Imran Pasha (WXI) 9 wickets Best Fielder: Satsimranjit Dhindsa (WXI) 6 catches Best Wicket Keeper: Sohail Chaudhary (PAK) 7 catches & 1 stumping
MVP: Muhammad Tayyab (PAK) 65 runs, 5 wickets & 2 catches
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